2015 Military World Games

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VI Military World Games

Host city| Mungyeong, North Gyeongsang, South Korea
Motto| Friendship Together, Peace Forever
(Korean: 우정의 어울림, 평화의 두드림, romanized: Ujeong-ui Eoullim, Pyeonghwaui Dudeulim)
Nations| 110
Athletes| 8,700
Events| 246 in 23 sports
Opening| 2 October 2015 (2015-10-02)
Closing| 11 October 2015 (2015-10-11)
Opened by| President Park Geun-hye
Main venue| KAFAC Sports Complex
Summer

← Rio 2011

Wuhan 2019 →

Winter

← Annecy 2013

Sochi 2017 →

The 2015 Military World Games (Korean: 2015년 세계 군인 체육 대회, romanized: Icheon sip-o nyeon segye gun-in cheyuk daehoe, lit. '2015 World Military Sports Festival'), officially known as the 6th CISM Military World Games (Korean: 제6회 세계 군인 체육 대회, romanized: Jeyukhoe segye gun-in cheyuk daehoe, lit. '6th World Military Sports Festival') and also known as Mungyeong 2015 (Korean: 문경2015, romanized: Mungyeong Icheon sip-o), were hosted from October 2–11, 2015 in Mungyeong, South Korea.

The games were the largest military sports event ever held in South Korea, with approximately 8,700 athletes from 110 countries competing in 24 sports. The Games were organized by the Ministry of National Defense Republic of Korea in accordance with CISM regulations and the rules of the International Sports Federations.[1]

## Venues

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### North Gyeongsang

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#### Mungyeong

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Venue  | Sport

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Mungyeong Indoor Stadium  | Wrestling
KAFAC Sports Complex  | Football, Athletics
KAFAC Indoor Sports Complex  | Judo, Taekwondo
KAFAC Modern Pentathlon Stadium  | Modern Pentathlon
KAFAC Shooting Range  | Aeronautical Pentathlon
KAFAC Indoor Tennis Courts  | Fencing
Mungyeong Civic Stadium  | Football
Mungyeong Cycling Course  | Cycling

#### Pohang

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Venue  | Sport

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1st Marine Division, Pohang  | Parachuting, Naval Pentathlon
Yeongildae Beach  | Sailing, Triathlon

#### Gimcheon

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Venue  | Sport

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Gimcheon Sports Complex  | Football
Gimcheon Indoor Swimming Pool  | Swimming
Gimcheon Sports Town Indoor Gymnasium  | Volleyball
Gimcheon Sports Town Badminton Stadium  | Volleyball

#### Andong

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Venue  | Sport

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Top-Bliss CC  | Golf
Andong Indoor Gymnasium  | Basketball
Andong Civic Stadium  | Football

#### Yeongcheon

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Venue  | Sport

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Yeongcheon KAAY  | Shooting, Military Pentathlon
Yeongcheon Indoor Swimming Pool  | Military Pentathlon

#### Yeongju

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Venue  | Sport

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Yeongju Indoor Gymnasium  | Boxing
Yeongju Dongyang University | Orienteering
Yeongju Civic Stadium  | Football

#### Sangju

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Venue  | Sport

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Sangju Civic Stadium  | Football
Sangju Indoor Gymnasium  | Handball

#### Yecheon

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Venue  | Sport

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Yecheon JinHo International Archery Field  | Archery
Yecheon 16th Fighter Wing  | Aeronautical Pentathlon

### Daegu

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Venue  | Sport

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Daegu Shooting Range  | Shooting

## Participating nations

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* Algeria (56)
* Albania (5)
* Angola (2)
* Armenia (15)
* Argentina (2)
* Azerbaijan (20)
* Austria (37)
* Brazil (329)
* Bahrain (69)
* Barbados (2)
* Belarus (95)
* Benin
* Bosnia and Herzegovina (11)
* Belgium (51)
* Bulgaria (21)
* Burkina Faso (3)
* Canada (104)
* Cameroon (55)
* Central African Republic
* Republic of the Congo (19)
* Chile (32)
* Colombia (31)
* China (553)
* Croatia (11)
* Cyprus (8)
* Czech Republic (27)
* Chad (11)
* Denmark (61)
* Dominican Republic (31)
* Ecuador (74)
* Egypt (83)
* Estonia (27)
* Swaziland (2)
* Finland (53)
* France (273)
* Germany (243)
* Gabon (9)
* Greece (46)
* Guinea (14)
* Hungary (56)
* India (54)
* Iran (90)
* Iraq
* Indonesia (46)
* Italy (139)
* Ivory Coast
* Jamaica
* Jordan (5)
* Kazakhstan (62)
* Kenya (14)
* Kuwait (35)
* Lesotho (3)
* Latvia (32)
* Lebanon (7)
* Lithuania (56)
* Luxembourg (18)
* Macedonia
* Malawi
* Mali
* Mauritania
* Morocco (24)
* Monaco (2)
* Mongolia (75)
* Montenegro (2)
* Macedonia (4)
* Namibia (3)
* Netherlands (89)
* Niger (3)
* Nigeria (12)
* Norway (28)
* Oman (63)
* Pakistan (19)
* Palestine (9)
* Peru (15)
* Poland (193)
* Qatar (99)
* Romania (77)
* Russia (243)
* Saudi Arabia (41)
* Senegal (3)
* Serbia (41)
* Slovakia (14)
* Slovenia (32)
* South Korea (172)
* Spain (111)
* Sri Lanka (73)
* Suriname
* Sweden (72)
* Switzerland (67)
* Syria (15)
* Tanzania (22)
* Thailand (55)
* Trinidad and Tobago
* Tunisia (17)
* Turkey (20)
* United Arab Emirates (27)
* United States (172)
* Uganda (5)
* Uzbekistan (50)
* Ukraine (87)
* Uruguay (27)
* Venezuela (84)
* Vietnam (32)
* Zambia (13)
* Zimbabwe (28)

## Sports

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The competition comprised 24 sports, some of them appearing for the first time in military world games, such as archery.[3]

* Aeronautical pentathlon (details)
*  Archery (details)
*  Athletics (details) (and Para Athletics)
*  Basketball (details)
*  Boxing (details)
*  Cycling (details)
*  Fencing (details)
*  Football (details)
*  Golf (details)
*  Handball (details)
*  Judo (details)
*  Military pentathlon (details)
*  Modern pentathlon (details)
* Naval pentathlon (details)
*  Orienteering (details)
*  Parachuting (details)
*  Sailing (details)
*  Shooting (details)
*  Swimming (details)
*  Taekwondo (details)
*  Triathlon (details)
*  Volleyball (details)
*  Wrestling (details)

## Games schedule

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OC | Opening ceremony  | ● | Event competitions  | 1 | Daily medal events  | CC | Closing ceremony

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September/October  | 30th
Wed  | 1st
Thu  | 2nd
Fri  | 3rd
Sat  | 4th
Sun  | 5th
Mon  | 6th
Tue  | 7th
Wed  | 8th
Thu  | 9th
Fri  | 10th
Sat  | 11th
Sun  | Events

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Ceremonies |  |  | OC |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | CC |
Aeronautical pentathlon  |  |  |  |  | 1 |  | ●  | ●  | ●  | 4 |  |  | 5
Archery  |  |  |  |  |  | ●  | ●  | 1 | 2 | 2 |  |  | 5
Athletics  |  |  |  |  | 4 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 12 |  |  | 4 | 42
Basketball  |  |  |  | ●  | ●  | ●  | ●  |  | ●  | ●  | 1 |  | 1
Boxing  |  |  |  |  | ●  | ●  | ●  | ●  | ●  |  | 10 |  | 10
Cycling  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2 | 2 | 2 |  |  |  | 6
Fencing  |  |  |  |  | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |  |  | 12
Football  | ●  | ●  | ●  | ●  | ●  | ●  | ●  | ●  | ●  | ●  | 2 |  | 2
Golf  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ●  | ●  | ●  | 4 |  |  | 4
Handball  |  |  |  |  | ●  | ●  | ●  |  | ●  | ●  | 1 |  | 1
Judo  |  |  |  | 2 |  | 7 | 7 |  |  |  |  |  | 16
Military pentathlon  |  |  |  | ●  | ●  | ●  | ●  | 4 |  | 2 |  |  | 6
Modern pentathlon  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ●  | 2 | 2 | 1 |  | 5
Naval pentathlon  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ●  | ●  | ●  | 4 |  |  | 4
Orienteering  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2 | 4 |  | 2 |  | 8
Parachuting  |  |  |  | ●  | ●  | ●  | 1 | 6 | 9 |  |  |  | 16
Sailing  |  |  |  |  | ●  | ●  | ●  | 2 |  |  |  |  | 2
Shooting  |  |  |  |  |  | 4 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 |  | 24
Swimming  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 10 | 8 | 9 | 11 |  | 38
Taekwondo  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 6 | 5 | 5 |  | 16
Triathlon  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 5 |  | 5
Volleyball  |  |  |  | ●  | ●  | ●  | ●  | ●  |  | ●  | 2 |  | 2
Wrestling  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 4 | 4 |  | 4 | 4 |  | 16
Daily medal events |  |  |  | 2  | 7  | 18  | 33  | 41  | 51  | 44  | 46  | 4  | 246
Cumulative total |  |  |  | 2  | 9  | 27  | 60  | 101  | 152  | 196  | 242  | 246
September/October | 30th
Wed | 1st
Thu | 2nd
Fri | 3rd
Sat | 4th
Sun | 5th
Mon | 6th
Tue | 7th
Wed | 8th
Thu | 8th
Fri | 10th
Sat | 11th
Sun | Events

## Medal table

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Host nation (South Korea)

Rank| Nation| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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1|  Russia (RUS)| 59| 43| 33| 135
2|  Brazil (BRA)| 34| 26| 24| 84
3|  China (CHN)| 32| 31| 35| 98
4|  South Korea (KOR)*| 19| 15| 25| 59
5|  Poland (POL)| 10| 13| 19| 42
6|  France (FRA)| 9| 9| 11| 29
7|  Germany (GER)| 8| 10| 15| 33
8|  Bahrain (BHR)| 7| 2| 4| 13
9|  Italy (ITA)| 5| 11| 12| 28
10|  Ukraine (UKR)| 5| 9| 12| 26
11|  Egypt (EGY)| 4| 4| 6| 14
12|  Kazakhstan (KAZ)| 4| 3| 6| 13
13|  Algeria (ALG)| 4| 3| 2| 9
14|  Norway (NOR)| 4| 1| 1| 6
15|  Iran (IRI)| 3| 10| 15| 28
16|  Mongolia (MGL)| 3| 4| 6| 13
17|  Czech Republic (CZE)| 3| 2| 1| 6
18|  Tunisia (TUN)| 3| 0| 1| 4
19|  Azerbaijan (AZE)| 2| 4| 6| 12
20|  Kenya (KEN)| 2| 4| 4| 10
21|  Finland (FIN)| 2| 4| 1| 7
22|  Austria (AUT)| 2| 3| 2| 7
23|  Switzerland (SUI)| 2| 2| 2| 6
United States (USA)| 2| 2| 2| 6
25|  Belgium (BEL)| 2| 1| 2| 5
26|  Sweden (SWE)| 2| 0| 2| 4
27|  Saudi Arabia (KSA)| 2| 0| 0| 2
28|  Belarus (BLR)| 1| 6| 6| 13
29|  Qatar (QAT)| 1| 5| 2| 8
30|  Slovenia (SLO)| 1| 1| 3| 5
31|  Vietnam (VIE)| 1| 1| 2| 4
32|  Oman (OMA)| 1| 1| 1| 3
33|  Ecuador (ECU)| 1| 1| 0| 2
34|  Morocco (MAR)| 1| 0| 5| 6
35|  Estonia (EST)| 1| 0| 2| 3
Turkey (TUR)| 1| 0| 2| 3
37|  Croatia (CRO)| 1| 0| 0| 1
Hungary (HUN)| 1| 0| 0| 1
Syria (SYR)| 1| 0| 0| 1
40|  Romania (ROU)| 0| 3| 3| 6
41|  India (IND)| 0| 2| 5| 7
42|  Latvia (LAT)| 0| 2| 2| 4
43|  Lithuania (LTU)| 0| 1| 3| 4
44|  Dominican Republic (DOM)| 0| 1| 2| 3
Indonesia (INA)| 0| 1| 2| 3
Thailand (THA)| 0| 1| 2| 3
Venezuela (VEN)| 0| 1| 2| 3
48|  Armenia (ARM)| 0| 1| 1| 2
49|  Greece (GRE)| 0| 1| 0| 1
Luxembourg (LUX)| 0| 1| 0| 1
51|  Bulgaria (BUL)| 0| 0| 2| 2
Cameroon (CMR)| 0| 0| 2| 2
Canada (CAN)| 0| 0| 2| 2
Denmark (DEN)| 0| 0| 2| 2
55|  Kuwait (KUW)| 0| 0| 1| 1
South Africa (RSA)| 0| 0| 1| 1
Sri Lanka (SRI)| 0| 0| 1| 1
Uganda (UGA)| 0| 0| 1| 1
Totals (58 entries)| 246| 246| 306| 798

Source:[5]

## References

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1. ^ Lange, Katie (2015-10-05). 2015 CISM Military World Games Kick Off in South Korea Archived 2016-12-15 at the Wayback Machine Department of Defense Live. Retrieved on 2015-10-09.
2. ^ Venues
3. ^ "Sports". korea2015mwg.org. Retrieved October 9, 2015.
4. ^ Schedule
5. ^ "Medal Standings". korea2015mwg.org. Retrieved October 9, 2015.

## External links

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Events at the 2015 Military World Games in Mungyeong

* Aeronautical pentathlon
* Archery
* Athletics
* Basketball
* Boxing
* Cycling
* Fencing
* Football
* Men
* Women
* Golf
* Handball
* Judo
* Military pentathlon
* Modern pentathlon
* Naval pentathlon
* Orienteering
* Parachuting
* Sailing
* Shooting
* Swimming
* Taekwondo
* Triathlon
* Volleyball
* Wrestling

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Military World Games

Summer Games|

* 1995 Rome
* 1999 Zagreb
* 2003 Catania
* 2007 Hyderabad
* 2011 Rio de Janeiro
* 2015 Mungyeong
* 2019 Wuhan
* 2027 Charlotte

Winter Games|

* 2010 Aosta Valley
* 2013 Annecy
* 2017 Sochi
* ~~2021 Berchtesgaden~~
* 2025 Lucerne

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